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Etika, popular gaming Youtuber, has passed away

I think I've seen maybe 2 videos of him ever. I recognize him, but not his name. That shows how much I remember his videos.

People say he's had mental issues beyond the recent threads about him.

Anyone know what personal issues he had going way back? Etika is outgoing, so he surely showed it, so that's why people knew about it already.
 
I watched the last stream he made where he was walking the streets talking about how he was going to end it, how he was sorry, how he had to pay for his mistakes, etc. Pretty disturbing to see someone appear so lucid when talking about taking their own life. Talked about all sorts of issues around social media too, warning people not to get caught up in it. Just makes me even more convinced that social media is primarily a tool that increases human suffering and isolation.
 
Damn. That's sad. I didn't follow him, but I had watched him play part of Sonic Mania when it came out. He was so excited over the nostalgia. His exact words when listening to the music "I'm nuttin', bro!".
Was pretty funny. Poor guy.
 
Sorry it had to be this way
Dude always seemed hyped up about everything.

His recent breakdowns this year reminded me of my older brother who suffers from Schizophrenia.
I wish he got the help he needed. Shame so many people in different places called this a stunt.

Rest in Peace Etika
 
EviLore said:
RIP.



27 pages of shitting on him for having mental health problems and making nasty memes at his expense, mod endorsed:

www.resetera.com

Internet celebrity Etika may be losing it again [WARNING: RACIST AND HOMOPHOBIC SLURS] (Update: hospitalized again; see threadmark/staff posts)

Etika is a popular internet personality and content creator / streamer who has a large following in the Nintendo and Smash Bros communities. He had a massive following on YouTube (700k subs I believe) but his account was deleted a few months back when he seemingly had a nervous breakdown and...
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That's fucking pathetic stuff right there. This goes to show you that all those SJWs and male feminists are nothing but sickos and creeps.

Sure Etika was vulgar. Who cares? Life is vulgar and life is offensive. If any of those Resetera limp wristed soy face idiots pranced around another country besides the US they would be either beaten on the street or worse.
 
Never heard of him before this story, but suicide always saddens me. One of my 3 best friends in the world killed himself. Two very close friends friends of mine deal with depression and have both spoken of suicide. I'm terrified all the time that one day I'm going to lose them. You can only do so much and sometimes it isn't enough.

But what I can tell you is we need to stop shitting on each other all the time. Social media has a lot of uses and it's fucking toxic. I bring up social media because I read today this guy talked about how social media was hurting him or something to that effect. I can't fucking stand sanctimonious self-important cunts who think they're good human beings while shitting on other people. Calling them the nastiest things all for opinions, takes, and isolated innocuous things. That's just being a bully and a fucking asshole. Human beings are complex. They have families, friends, and feelings. Stop trying to own, doxx, and hurt others. It accomplishes nothing.
 
I can't believe this is really happening. Really happening... so it wasn't an joke, this time...

I did not know he would go this far...

I think I'll just go outside and try to clear my mind. I've seen how terrible this is, and... Maybe I just should go for some time... to forget about other things...

I can't do a lot of things, not much if at all, but the least I can do is at least to let me offer him and his family my condolences.

Please... I want him to rest in peace, in the nice and caring heavens.

I do think that, if peoples actually cared about his signs instead of caring only after disappearing, he would've been alive today, had peoples reached over to him earlier. You know, before he disappeared.. There were clear signs...


Of course... I tried to reach over to him through Twitter, and some health websites, reporting about his condition, but my advice went unnoticed..







Goodbye.
 
His videos bought a lot of joy to many people. If only he had known how much positive impact he made in the world maybe it would have helped him.

We'll never know but I'm really upset over this. I never met the guy but yeah.

Gone at 29.

Jesus
 
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dcll said:
I don't know who the guy is but I can relate. My wife with bipolar committed suicide last year, we would have been married 17 years last December and together 21 years last July. Mental illness is awful and affects many people directly and indirectly
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This is heartbreaking and I hope you'll recover from this and if you didn't its understandable. My condolences mate♥️
 
I used to watch all his Xenoblade videos, those were the best. I mean sometimes he got a bit too overhyped for my personal tastes, but just seeing someone be that hype for Xenoblade would brighten my day after an exam.

With all that's happened I just wish people took mental health concerns more seriously. It's sad to see someone like this go.

Rest in peace Etika.
 
More than anything, I hope this tragic loss fuels more people to broaden their perspectives about mental health at large, and that even includes those of us with troubles of our own.

Some may say it's romantacising, but to me, it took some level of courage for Etika to openly show his mental health issues in action, so to speak. At times it was sad, and other times, it wasn't pretty, but he still gifted us with a story that may inspire some of us to examine how we feel about ourselves, our avenues for cries for help, coping, limits, peace of mind, purposes in life, and even what we consider points of no return.

So, I hope to come away from this story with helpful takeaways to handle this whacked out thing we call life. And based on what I've read in this thread, amid the grief and sentiments, I'm glad to know that I'm just one of many others that will do the same.
 
Please hold on and seek help if you are struggling. Put yourself at the mercy of those who wish to help you, it's the safest and best place you could be.

RIP Etika
 
If anyone on this site is ever suffering from depression and needs someone to talk to, shoot me a private message any time. You never have to feel alone and I don't care whether I know you personally or not, you don't need to know someone to help them and give them an ear to talk to.

Just throwing that out there and I'm sure others here would more than be willing to do the same.
 
Sad to see someone so young think life is that bad you have to do something that extreme.
That's the thing people if you see someone struggling go have a talk with them, give them a hug or just let them know you'll be there for them before it's too late.
RIP brother.
 
EviLore said:



"That last episode with Grisha was crazy, too, bro. I'll never see how Attack on Titan finishes."

"Was it the social media, was it the mental illness, was it the edginess? It was a mix of all."

"It's not y'all fault. I don't want y'all to blame yourselves. It's all my fault. I'm the one that pushed y'all away."

"Let my story be one that advises caution on too much of this social media shit, man. It'll fuck you up. It can give you an image of what you want your life to be, and it can get blown completely out of proportion, dog."

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It's so sad seeing that video because I feel like if I had a chance to talk to him in that moment, even though I don't know him personally, I might've been able to change his mind.
 
Rest in peace to Etika, never really kept up and wasn't a long time supporter, but I followed his stuff towards the end when he showed up on the 2B2T Minecraft server. Saw a lot of myself in him and knew he wasn't just doing it for clout and attention (unlike my friends and such). Mental health ain't a joke, if you're having problems, seeing things that aren't there, noticed yourself getting less sleep, being easily annoyed, lashing out at friends, and starting to believe in some crazy shit, broadly speaking... If you look in the mirror and the person you see and interact with on a daily basis doesn't seem right to you, get yourself checked out.
 
A lot of us have been there or know people who have been there. I've been there. I honestly don't know how I made it out alive, but I'm glad I did. We're on this journey together and it does get better. This kind of news is always haunting to me and I keep hoping to never see it again. But for now, this is a terrible loss and the gaming community is worse for it. I hope he's finally at peace.
 
Never cared for his videos, but it's very clear he made thousands of people happy and thousands more are upset he's gone.

If only we could all be so loved and missed when we're gone.
 
Should have seen the signs when he pretty much sabotaged his channel for dumb reason. Also, when he's leaving all his belongings before committing, including his Switch (which he would never leave), I knew something very very wrong was happening.

Also, his last video about never seeing Attack on Titan ending, always saying sorry at every moment. Shit feels hard :(

RIP Etika.
 
RIP my dude, didn't think you would do it
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dcll said:
I don't know who the guy is but I can relate. My wife with bipolar committed suicide last year, we would have been married 17 years last December and together 21 years last July. Mental illness is awful and affects many people directly and indirectly
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Gods above...sorry to hear that.
 
one of my childhood friends killed himself several years ago, just walked out into the ocean one day. he was very close with my brother and so it hit him really hard. suicide hurts many people, not just the primary victim, but their family, their friends, the people that cared for them. the world is worse off for not saving a life.

my family in general has mental illness in it (as in we have family who has been in institutions & diagnosed schizophrenic) so we take that stuff seriously.

the internet can be a cold, uncaring place. when it seems like an all-consuming force, it is vital to realize it's all bullshit, that it has no tangible existence, that all of it could be forever gone in an instant, but that your life is real and of value. try not to take things you read online so hard. of course when you are depressed, that is the very problem, you take everything so hard. we should try to have lighter hearts about things, all of us.
 
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Heartbreaking. That's way too young. I'm not familiar with Etika, but I did watch the "I'm Sorry" video posted in this thread. That's a rough, lonely place to be in. God speed, Desmond.
 
Etika had no need to apologize, but he did it anyway. Shows you what a great guy he is.

And I had figured that he posted it to lower the anger if he did it as a troll.. Don't know how I kept myself together today.
 
As far as I know guy had a long history of mental problems and despite being admitted to a psych ward he craved attention from people. Had 2 public meltdowns and said outrageous things on twitter. Again because he obviously had issues. This was his 3rd time he had said something among the lines of killing himself so people thought he was joking or paid him no mind. I never saw his videos as reaction channels are insulting to view but as far as I know he never hurt anyone. He was just off and it showed may he rest in peace.
 
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Lionel Richie said:
A lot of us have been there or know people who have been there. I've been there. I honestly don't know how I made it out alive, but I'm glad I did. We're on this journey together and it does get better. This kind of news is always haunting to me and I keep hoping to never see it again. But for now, this is a terrible loss and the gaming community is worse for it. I hope he's finally at peace.
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As are we. You're one of the best members of the community, so stay strong.
 
Never got the appeal for his videos but it's always a shame to lose someone so young.

Mental health is no joke. Hope he finds peace he couldn't find in life.
 
DragoonKain said:
If anyone on this site is ever suffering from depression and needs someone to talk to, shoot me a private message any time. You never have to feel alone and I don't care whether I know you personally or not, you don't need to know someone to help them and give them an ear to talk to.

Just throwing that out there and I'm sure others here would more than be willing to do the same.
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Same here. I'm here to help, even if I have issues myself.
 
SlashBringingHasher said:
wasn't he a douche in his streams?. a crazy douche killed himself because hes mentally ill. could care less. hundreds of thousands of people die a year when they are trying to survive. war or disease you name it.

www.dailydot.com

Etika tweets anti-Semitic, homophobic messages—then gets arrested

Etika also intimated that he’s immortal and a god.
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You're a bit of an attention whore, aren't you?

Get this insensitive shit out of my face and out of this thread. I'm officially putting you on ignore, the second person to be so.
 
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SlashBringingHasher said:
wasn't he a douche in his streams?. a crazy douche killed himself because hes mentally ill. could care less. hundreds of thousands of people die a year when they are trying to survive. war or disease you name it.

www.dailydot.com

Etika tweets anti-Semitic, homophobic messages—then gets arrested

Etika also intimated that he’s immortal and a god.
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If you're so low empathy, why is it a problem for you that he went off with those tweets? Reconcile your worldview.

He had problems. He realized those problems and felt immense guilt and shame for externalizing them, compounded by the toxicity of social media and the unrelenting resentment of social justice activists, and took his own life as penance. It was just some bullshit while he was having a breakdown. He's not Literal Hitler.

We're all capable of breaking under the right circumstances. You are too. You didn't live his life.

He brought joy to many people and shared experiences with many gamers here. He didn't need to take his own life, and shouldn't have, but the internet has become a foul place in the era of social media. You don't care, and that's okay, but lots of people do care -- about him personally, and about this tragic event as it reflects upon internet culture, which we help to shape ourselves, and coexist within.
 
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